Vindolanda VIN TT/87/337/001 [TT/87/337] 2/2 twill z/z
Catalogue number
VIN TT/87/337/001 [TT/87/337]
Description
2/2 twill, plain but partially warp or weft chevron, with further weaving faults, as 337/002.
Thick, fairly heavy-weight fabric, with soft handle; dark brown (? dyed); very friable textile, disintegrating badly, much multifarious damage, some surface matting
Context
Basic information
Dimensions
L.
320
mm
W.
120
mm
Preservation state
organic
Fabric structure
2/2 twill
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | wool | wool | ||
| Fibre identification method | naked eye | naked eye | ||
| Colour | ||||
| Yarn structure | single | single | ||
| Twist strength | medium | medium | ||
| Twist | z | z | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 7.5 | 7.5 | ||
| Thread count range | 7 - 8 | 7 - 8 |
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours
brown
Pattern
Chevrons parallel to System 2 (ie in System 2 which could be warp or weft (fig 00): no exact draft possible, but reading down System 1 across line of chevrons (seen as running horizontally to viewer): c.150mm Z-slope (from cloth edge)/c.25mm S-slope/c.40mm Z-slope/c.80mm S-slope to cloth edge; displacement at change of slope direction; structure differs from that in 337/002
Other features
Fault in weave running in direction of system (1) (fig 00): at binding points alternate threads of system (2) are misplaced, floating over 2 adjacent threads of (1) on front and 2 adjacent threads on back of cloth by turns (intermediate threads behave normally); 2 adjacent fault lines comprise a band as in fig. 00 draft. 2 such bands appear close together in one place, 1 single fault band in another, which seems to end within ground weave (for position see fig 00); points of contact between these fault bands and change of direction in chevrons is either absent or obscured (ie no draft possible).
Compare TT/87/439/001 (but diamond twill)
Notes from the original description
[CHECK: JPW draft of this fault in (1) in 337/002 shows 2 lines of fault next to one another; does the fault ‘band’ (so called in JPW outline drawings of 337/001 and 337/002) in each case comprise 2 adjacent lines of fault or just 1?]
Data recorded by
John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1973-2020